Stratoz shared an image of this Dream sign, and one of our clients said she dreams in orange. I chose blue backgrounds for our previous Dream signs, and I loved the evocation of the sky as part of our dreaming. But when Stratoz handed over the lettering this time, I wanted orange. Some readers might […]

It’s awesome when clients commission something inspired by my previous work, and taking it even further. This mirror is 20 inches across, and I started gradating the colors in June, and worked on it a bit at a time, for Christmas delivery. When I got to orange, I had this vision of it taking over […]

This orange notebook is my reward for getting my tax organizer to the accountant. I love the way the cover picks up different shades. In 2004, I took a drawing class at the community college, as part of my year of experimenting with different mediums, on my way to making mosaics. I was one of […]

These leaves remind me of stained glass with colors revealed in detail when the light shines through. Stratoz took this photo on an autumn walk to the Norristown Farm Park, and it is a wonder that the same tree will go from orange to brown, to bare and then to green and orange again. Melancholy […]

This piece caught my eye at the Corning Museum of Glass. It was mounted in front of a lightbox and the colors of glass emerged in glowing layers. Before I started making mosaics, I made collages with magazine paper and the Gemmail technique is like having those scraps of paper turn to glass. Artist Jean […]

With my square mirrors, I imagine I am walking the middle path; I am centered between my edges. Establishing the edge provides security that it will all fit. If I let the glue dry before moving onward, then I don’t have to worry about nudging a piece out of alignment. With this one, I chose […]

For the third year, Stratoz and I are doing the January Cure at Apartment Therapy, a kind of Spring Cleaning in the winter time. My favorite task is buying flowers. It had never occurred to me to buy flowers when there were none in the garden, and the infusion of color does me good in the […]